Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Wax Works, ice-cream and all that is nee
essary to comfort this warm weather can be
found at the Academy Of Music Friday night
d. G. Thomas is now located at Mid
dlebrook, and we hear with no little pleasure
that be is doing well and building up q good
practice.
Jas A. Moon, second engineer Of the St
Louis Ore and Steel Company at Pilot Knob
furnace, leaves Monday for st. Louis to join
his family.
Mr.. Theo. Rudy is prepared to fill all 4th
of July orders for Beer, Ice and Soda alter
Bear this In mind. ANY orders left here will
reach him promptly.
Reserved seats for Jarley's Wax Works can
be secured st P. r. Crisp's Drug Store. Call
early and get good seat. The attendance
promises to be large.
The best of ice-cream and other refresh
ments vial be on sale after the conclusion OF
Nine. Jarley's Wax Works at the Academy
of Music Friday night.
The City Board of Equalization and APP
peals met last Monday and equalized the as
sessment just completed. One reduction
and several increases were made.
For the best Ice-Cream in the Valley, 60
to the Parlor in the north room up stairs
of the Academy of Music. Picnics, parties,
balls and festivals furnished with lce-Cresm
when desired.
COINCIDENCE REMARKABLY. Seymour,
who held the lucky number and drew the
piano cover in Ironton, was equally as sue
eessful in the rattle given ny Mrs. Maxwell
during the stay of the Theatre Company In
Pennington.
The 4th of July celebrations advertised to
take place in and adjacent to Iron county are
numerous, and the citizen who fails to OBJ
serve in "ftting manner" the 111th aniver-
sary of the Nations birth, is sadly in need Of
patriotism.
The W. C. T. U. will meet at the n. Z.
Church, Ironton. June 18th, at 3 P. M. A
Gospel Temperance Meeting will be held at
Fort Hill church, Thursday evening, June
10th, ut As O'CLOCK. Rev. j. W. Worsnop
will deliver the address.
Tomorrow Thursday a special train,
reaching here between and A. M, will
run from Poplar Bluff to De Soto for the ac-
commodation of parties desiring to attend
the B. of r. r. B. picnic at the latter place.
A number of vallegians, We are told, will at
tend.
Benton Legion, Select knights, A. o. U.
workmen, will hold Picnic at Goulding's
Park on July 18th. No intoxicants will be
sold. Round fare from st. Louis, $50. Wis
itors from the Valley invited. Games Of
various kinds, music, singing, etc., will en-
Hven the day.
Mrs. Jones who has been residing in Iron
ton for the past year or more with her
daughter, Mrs. J. NJ. Whitworth, last week
purchased the Lindsay property on Knob
Street from Mr.. Jas. p. Lindsay. Mrs. j..
does not intendro occupy the premises, but
will rent to DR.. Strong who takes possession
this week.
Mr.. Ed. F. Bloymeyer, well known to many
Iron county people, was married in Cape
Girardeau last Sunday morning to Miss Dodie
Harris, daughter OF DR.. Harris, who is post
master of that city. The honeymoon will
be spent in Chicago and st. Paul, whittier the
happy couple started immediately after the
ceremony. To worthy Ed. and his bride We
tender our congratulations, with the wish
that supreme happiness may be theirs for
ever.
The people of Annapolis and vicinity are
making preparations for grand basket pic
ME Mt Annapolis Grove on Saturday, July
I'd. Numerous games and anusements will
he provided and every effort made to insure
the success of the undertaking. The resi-
dents of this end of the county know well
what good times are always had on occasions
of this kind managed by Annapolis good
folks and we have little doubt but that they
will attend In considerable numbers.
We have been requested TO state that the
item from our Arcadia correspondent last
week to the effect that the Sisters would sell
the convent and grounds provided pur-
chaser who would paw fun value could be
found. was entirely without foundation. On
the contrary the institution Is in flourish
ing condition, with every promise for the
future, and could not be bought for love nor
money, We cheerfully make this correction
and are satisfied that our correspondent will
NOT be sorry to learn that this information
was lacsing In truth-the great essential nec-
esssry to fact. That the item resulted from
rumor set afeat by one of those persons
who know the business OF every one else,
rather than from any naliciousness or feel
ing in the matter on the part of our cores
pondent, las some might SUPPOSED, we are
fully confident.
The following letter was received last week
in response to the petition sent up from the
Valley to the Manager Of the Missouri Pacine
Railway Company requesting that the Area
dia House be opened this summer:
ST. LOUIS, Mo, June LIST, 1887.
LOUIS MILLER, ESQ.,, arcadia, Iron Co., No.
Dear Sir-"Your kind letter Of May Slst,
together with petition numerously signed by
your citizens, duly received, for which / feel
like expressing my sincere thanks. To be
frank with you, must say, I consider 1t I'M
practicable to take hold Of the matter this
season and push 1t forward to success. II
was my intention, in company with some OF
our officers, to have visited your place last
Sabbath to investigate the locality, with q
view 10 erecting commodious building for
hotel purposes. was too unwell, however,